The Moroccan Competition Council (MCC) published its activities
report for 2024. The report outlines the MCC's enforcement
activities, merger reviews, investigations, and advisory work.
While merger control remains the primary focus of the MCC, there
have been notable investigations and enforcement action concerning
behavioral antitrust violations.
Merger control remained the MCC's primary focus. The MCC
published a total of 174 decisions and opinions, of which 162 were
decisions on economic concentrations. The remainder covered
contentious and advisory matters. Among the 162
concentration‑related decisions, 155 transactions were
authorized and 4 were declared not notifiable. The report notes
that the MCC achieved a near 90 percent liquidation ratio in
merger file processing during the year. Only one case proceeded to
a full in‑depth review, and another was permitted to proceed
under a derogation from the suspensive effect of notification
rules, consistent with the
